Question

Mitch needs 10 gm carbohydrate per kg body weight per day to meet energy needs during training (p. 396 text). Given that a carbohydrate serving is approximately one serving of bread/pasta/rice/potatoes/milk/fruit, how many carbohydrate servings should Mitch consume over the course of one day (distributed over total of 6-8 meals/snacks)?

a. 727
b. 48
c. 73
d. 193

Answer 1

b. 48

Step-by-step explanation:

160 pound body weight / 2.2 = 72.72g

72.72g x 10g of Carbohydrate (CHO) per kg bodyweight per day = 727.20g of CHO per day

Each carbohydrate serving contains 15g of CHO per day

Therefore divide the total CHO per day by the grams per serving size to get the number of servings:

727.2g / 15g per serving = 48.48g

At this point you can either round down to 48 servings (which I would do), or round up to 48.5 servings.

Hence, option b is correct.